Chapter 292 Vessel

"I just want to shake my head and laugh at how much Aunt Sun loves gossip," Yue Hongling said with a chuckle, shaking her head.

Sun Ruowei, seeing this, smiled sheepishly.

"Ahem, you two don’t understand the joy of gossip. That feeling of uncovering secrets is like pursuing the Great Dao—endless yet endlessly delightful," Sun Ruowei remarked.

The two of them...

Well, they just didn’t get it.

Sun Ruowei’s probing failed, and she vanished again without a trace.

The smile faded from Yue Hongling’s face.

"Master, Sun Ruowei keeps trying to uncover the truth between us. What will she think of you when she finds out how hypocritical you are—harming your own disciple?" Yue Hongling asked expressionlessly.

"Hong Ling, am I hypocritical?" Bai Qiulan’s expression darkened.

Yue Hongling’s face twisted, flushing red.

"No..."

Bai Qiulan sighed.

"Sun Ruowei is your martial aunt, my dearest friend. As long as we both keep our mouths shut and you stop acting suspiciously, there won’t be any issues," Bai Qiulan said.

"Master, I understand."

"Good, as long as you understand."

Bai Qiulan pondered for a moment. "I’ve already reached the fifth level of the Return to One Realm. The next four levels won’t take too long. You’ve just broken through to the Return to One Realm—your progress is too slow. You must speed up your cultivation."

Yue Hongling nodded.

The *Eon Chaos Canon* began circulating.

"Not this one. Your Fearless Dao is no longer viable. From now on, just cultivate the *Extreme Yin Enchantress Canon*."

Yue Hongling’s head snapped up.

To put it bluntly, the *Extreme Yin Enchantress Canon* was a supplementary technique—specifically designed to absorb and share the *Chaos Venom*.

The *Eon Chaos Canon* was the true primary cultivation method, a peerless technique that encompassed the pursuit of the Great Dao, cultivation advancement, and combat prowess.

It was something Lu Ye had gone to great lengths to obtain from the Fearless Emperor back then.

And now, Bai Qiulan was telling Yue Hongling to abandon this technique.

Without a doubt, she no longer wanted Yue Hongling to pursue the Great Dao at all. From now on, Yue Hongling would merely be her vessel.

"Yes, Master..."

Yue Hongling’s face twisted in fury, yet she obediently lowered her head and complied...

......

Lu Ye’s injuries healed.

Moreover, his cultivation had advanced to the sixth level of the *Divine Realm*.

The soul and divine sense received a tremendous boost. Under the expansion of divine sense, the coverage range increased by more than tenfold compared to before entering the Divine Realm.

Extremely exaggerated.

After the Divine Realm comes the Domain Realm.

The so-called Domain Realm is essentially the initial mastery of the power of heaven and earth, yet not being able to wield it freely. Thus, one can only roughly utilize it, forming a domain akin to an amplification effect.

The entire Domain Realm revolves around continuously enhancing one's control over the power of heaven and earth.

Lu Ye also needed to regain mastery over the power of heaven and earth.

However, it was clear that he would find it extremely effortless, as his Celestial Lord Fist inherently harmonized with the forces of nature.

"Hurry and break the Dao-Forming Incense!"

Lu Ye was already impatient.

Lin Chuyue was also cultivating. She discovered that practicing near Lu Ye made her cultivation speed surprisingly fast—not only was it faster, but her connection to the Great Dao became exceptionally lively, allowing her to explore it more deeply.

Originally, among the many Heaven-Earth Realm cultivators, Lin Chuyue's comprehension of the Great Dao was considered upper-tier, given that she belonged to the Heavenly Gate and was an apostle of Providence.

But now, Lin Chuyue felt her understanding of the Great Dao was approaching the highest tier.

Holy shit, what kind of person is this?

Just cultivating near him could accelerate the growth of one's Great Dao?

Isn’t this a bit too absurd?

Lin Chuyue was filled with curiosity, but she now understood that Lu Ye was tight-lipped. If she deliberately asked, she wouldn’t get any answers.

No rush, take it slow.

For her cultivation to ascend, it would likely take another decade or so.

Since there was nothing left to do in the Fourth Heaven, she might as well stay by Lu Ye’s side and watch the spectacle.

She took out the Sound Transmission Stone.

The Tianji Pavilion revealed the location of another Heaven-Earth Realm cultivator from the Shanhai Sect.

As time passed, these two sects had now completely collapsed.

With the curse in place, they couldn’t hide themselves at all, nor dared they gather, fearing their eyes would turn blood-red without warning.

Two core disciples from these sects couldn’t take it anymore and began leaking their sects’ secret techniques.

Once this started, there was no stopping it.

Other disciples saw that the sects’ secrets were already out—why should they hold back?

They started talking!

They weren’t bound by any prohibitions against revealing secret techniques.

Such restrictions could shackle the soul and were only used as a last resort.

Thus, the secret techniques of the Shanhai Sect and the Invincible Sword Sect spread everywhere.

Now everyone understands why, at the same cultivation level, disciples of major sects are far stronger than them.

These secret techniques are truly incredible!

The sword techniques of the Peerless Sword Sect and the Daoist arts of the Shanhai Sect are all exquisitely profound, leaving rogue cultivators and minor sects in awe.

It can be said that Lu Ye has made an indelible contribution to the balanced development of the Fourth Heaven!

The disciples of the two major sects thought that spreading their secret techniques might improve their situation.

In reality, they were overthinking it.

Human greed is boundless—they themselves have been greedy before, so they should know.

Even if they revealed all their secret techniques, it would never be enough for others, who would assume they still held back even more powerful methods.

They believed disclosing their secrets would ease their plight, but in truth, their situation only worsened.

The number of disciples in both sects rapidly dwindled.

One after another died silently, and in extreme agony.

Some had their memories extracted.

Others were tortured to death with the Great Memory Restoration Technique.

Lu Ye’s figure arrived at a cliff, where the glow of a formation indicated someone was in secluded cultivation.

Normally, no one would disturb such a scene, but Lu Ye knew exactly who was hiding there—the formation was merely masking the black mist.

The moment Lu Ye approached,

a figure flew out from the formation on its own.

The man was tall and burly, once a key figure in betraying and besieging Lu Ye.

His name was Lu Yuan—ironically, he shared the same surname as Lu Ye, making them distant kin.

The two faced each other.

No words were wasted.

Lu Yuan’s body suddenly erupted with a fierce brown radiance as he grew even larger, exuding terrifying pressure. Countless runes bloomed as he charged at Lu Ye.

Here it comes!

With a fierce roar, Lu Ye swung his stone sword, unleashing its most dazzling light.

"Boom!"

The sword light shattered as the two figures turned into streaks of light, darting rapidly across the sky.

At times, they clashed violently; at others, they intertwined like serpents.